Combination-tool



Patented Sept. I3, I898.

Nu. 6l0,825.

A. F. OLSEN.

CUMBINATIUN TOOL.

[Application filed July 12. 1897.)

(No Model.)

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ADDIEL F. OLSEN, OF KNOVLT'ON, MONTANA.

COMBINATION=TDOL..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,825, datedSeptember 13, 1898.

Application filed July 12, 1897- Serial No. 644,235. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADDIEL F. OLSEN, of Knowlton, in the county ofCuster and State of Montana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combination-Tools; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to combination-tools; and its object is to providean improved form of combination-tool which shall be especially adaptedfor docking and castrating sheep.

M y invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the figure is a perspective view of mydevice.

My device is made in theform of a pair of pliers, one member of whichcarries a fixed set of jaws, while the remaining member carries whatmaybe considered a movable set of jaws.

The numeral 1 indicates what I prefer to call the fixed member. A socket2, having an opening 3 therethrough, is formed upon the handle of saidmember. A knife-blade 4 is securely fastened thereto, and I prefer tomake said knife-blade detachable, both for convenience in manufactureand for ease in sharpening. An expanded portion 4 is formed immediatelyto the rear of said knife-blade and separating the blade portion fromthe Holders 5 are formed upon each side of said expanded portion for thepurposes hereinafter to be described. The movable member 6 is providedwith a similar expanded portion 7, held to rotatein the expanded portionof the fixed member by a bolt 8. Similar holders 9 are also providedthereon. Dies 10 are held in the holders 5, and punches 11 are held in'the holders 9, and by the movement of the members said punches areadapted to coact with said dies and remove a portion of any materialthat maybe placed therebetween. Iuse this portion of my device formarking the ears of sheep or other animals, and I prefer em ploying uponone pair of said holders a die and punch in the shape of a numeral andupon the opposing pair of holders a die and punch in the shape of aletter, though this may be varied at pleasure. The movable member isprovided with a blade 12, against which the blade 4 on the fixed memberis adapted to act, thus forming a pair of shears. This portion of mydevice I use for cutting the tails from sheep or other animals, and alsouse itin castrating for removing the lower portion of the scrotum. Themovable member is preferably formed with a groove 13 on the insidethereof. A pair of pincers 14 are pivotally mounted in the socketportion 2 of the fixed member and are provided with extended portions15, having friction-wheels 16 at the ends, which are adapted to move inthe groove in the movable member. Suitable springs 17 serve to hold saidwheels in contact with the movable member and to open said pincers afterthe same have been closed. A smaller pair of pincers are provided on theends of the handles 1 and 6. These two pair of pincers are used in theoperation of castrating. After the end of the scrotum has been cut withthe shears the end of the large pair of pincers is inserted therein andthe testicle grasped and withdrawn. The smaller pair of pincers may thenbe used to remove such portions of the spermatic cord as desired. I thusprovide a simple device for the purpose indicated which combines withinitself all the necessary tools to perform these operations upon sheep.It is also evident that this device may be made in other sizes and maybe equally used for castrating the larger animals.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An implement of the character described, comprising a pair of pivotedhandles, a pair of pincers on one of said handles, consisting of pivotedmembers provided with extended portions adapted to bear against theother of said handles, and springs for urging said extended portionsoutwardly and for opening said handles.

2. An implement of the character described,

comprising a pair of pivoted handles, one of which is provided with alongitudinal groove, and a pair of pincers on the other of said handles,consisting of pivoted members provided with extended portions whose-endsare adapted to fit and move Within said groove.

3. An implement of the character described, comprising a pair of pivotedhandles, one of which is provided with a longitudinal groove, a pair ofpincers on the other of said handles consisting of pivoted membersprovided with extended portions, Whose ends are adapted to fit and movewithin said groove, and springs for normally urging said extendedportions outwardly and'for opening said handles, as and for the purposeset forth.

4. An implement of the character described, comprising a pair of pivotedhandles, one of which is provided with a longitudinal groove, a pair ofpincers on the other of said handles, consisting of pivoted membersprovided with extended portions, friction-wheels in the ends of saidextended portions adapted to fit and move within said groove, andsprings for urging said extended portions outwardly, holding saidfriction-wheels in said groove, and for opening said handles.

5. An implement of the character described, comprising a pair of pivotedhandles, one of which is provided with a longitudinal groove,

and the other with a socket, a pair of pincers extending through saidsocket, and consisting of pivoted members provided with extendedportions whose ends are adapted to fit and move within said groove, andsprings for urging said extended portions outwardly and for opening saidhandles, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a combined docking and castrating device, the combination with apair of shears. having an opening through one of the handles thereof, ofa pair of pincers pivot-ally mounted in said opening provided with ends0 flaring outwardly therefrom and resting upon the opposite handle ofsaid shears, and a pair of pincers held upon the ends thereof one memberof which is adjustable.

7. In a combined docking and castrating device, comprising two memberspivotally joined, a blade carried upon one of said members, a bladeformed upon the opposing members, holders held upon said members, diesadapted to be contained in one of said holders, punches adapted to becontained in the opposing holders, a pair of pincers pivotally mountedupon the handle of one of said members and provided withoutwardly-extending ends, rollers held to rotate on said outwardly- 5 5extending ends, springs adapted to normally press said ends against thehandle of the opposing member, a pincer member formed upon the extremityof one of said handles, and an adjustable pincer member carried upon theop- ADDIEL F. OLSEN.

Witnesses:

A. B. SNOW, J. W. MONTAGUE.

